Entitlements will be another tough one for MTG. On the one hand, a principled reactionary should oppose them on the ground that they represented a huge and unwarranted expansion of federal power; on the other hand, the reactionary base is largely dependent on, and strongly supports, Social Security and Medicare. The notion of multiple entitlement systems, based on individual states, is almost certainly unworkable, and retired reactionaries in red states would lose the enormous subsidy they receive from wealthier blue state taxpayers. What should she do?
This nut is just too hard to crack. Social Security and Medicare will have to be kept as is to keep the elderly reactionaries on board.